MUCH.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> THE REFORM BILL WILL EASE UP
HEAVY HANDED SEPTEMBER 11S --
SENTENCES AND HELP PEOPLE WHO
ARE IN PRISON GET ON THEIR FEET
1 THEY GET OUT.
A FORMER INMATE.
WHO COMPLETED PROJECT
JUMP-START, WROTE, THEY DO NOT
ABSOLVE OFFENDERS, MY PAST STILL
HAUNTS ME.
BUT TODAY, I AM LIVING PROOF
THOSE AT THEIR LOWEST, CAN MAKE
A DECISION TO REVERSE COURSE,
FIND REHABILITATION, JOINING ME
NOW, AUTHOR.
A LICENSED JOURNEYMAN
ELECTRICTION WITH GREAT SUCCESS,
TYRONE WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU HAVE A STORY.
YOU KNOW IF YOU GO BY NUMBERS
YOU WERE ARRESTED 14 TIMES,
SUFFERED DRUG ADDICTION 16
YEARS, YOUON A HOME, PUTTING ONE
CHILD TO COLLEGE, TWO OF OTHER
CHILDREN GOING THROUGH SAME
PROGRAM, AND ARE ON THE SAME
PATH TO SUCCESS.
AS YOU.
SO, YOU HAVE FOUND A WAY BUT
MANY OTHERS IN THE COUNTRY ARE
NOT SO FORTUNATE, WHAT WOULD YOU
LIKE TO SEE TODAY, ABOUT THE
PASSAGE OF?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO
>> I WOULD LIKE COMMEND YOU FOR
BRINGING SPOTLIGHT TO THIS.
DESPITE DRAMA TAKING PLACE, I
WOULD LIKE TO IMPRESS ON YOU, I
AM NOT UNIQUE, YOU GET A EX
OPHONEDDER
O -ONEDDER
O --NEDDER
WITH A PATH, THEY TAKE IT.
FRUSTRATION INCREASINGS.
KENNEDY: YOU SAID EVERY TIME YOU
GOT OUT YOU SWORE TO YOUR YOU
WOULD NOT GO BACK, BUT YOU FELL
INTO CYCLE OF DRUG ADDICTION,
ONLY WAY TO MAKE MONEY OF THE
ONLY WAY TO MAKE WONEY OF THE
ONLY WAY TO MAKE WASEY OF THE
ONLY WAY TO MAKE WAS T OF THE
ONLY WAY TO MAKE WAS TOOF THE
ONLY WAY TO MAKE WAS TO B THE
ONLY WAY TO MAKE WAS TO BREHE
ONLY WAY TO MAKE WAS TO BREAK
THE LAW, HOW DO YOU BREAK THAT
CYCLE.
>> WITH THIS BILL.
THIS IS FIRST STEP, IT IS APPLY
NAMED.
IF YOU LIKE I SAID, YOU DESIGN A
PATH WAY FOR INMATE TO BECOME A
PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF SOCIETY,
YOUR GOVERNMENT DOES NOT ALLOW
CONVICTED FELONS TO BE EMPLOYED
BY THE STATE.
SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES ARE LOST
TO US, BECAUSE WE'RE CONVICTED
FELONS, THERE NO TIME OF OF CON
CONTRAINT IT FOLLOWS YOU FOREVE
FOREVER.
FOR MOST PART, I AM ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE AND ENJOY THE
OPPORTUNITIES.
KENNEDY: CONGRATULATION TO YOU
ON YOUR SUCCESS.
THIS STORY IS INCREDIBLE, SO MAN
CAN LEARN FROM, SO MAN MIND
CAN LEARN FROM, SO MANYMIND
CAN LEARN FROM, SO MANY FND
CAN LEARN FROM, SO MANY FIND
THEMSELVES IN A HOLE, OFTEN
TIMES WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A
ROPE, YOU SINK DEEPER.
WE'RE A COUNTRY THAT BELIEVES IN
HARD WORK, AND SECOND CHANTS,
PEOPLE WANT TO HELP THEMSELVES
WE'RE FOCUSING ON WRONG THING WE
SHOULD FOCUS ON TREATING
ADIG
ADDICTION.
>> I AGREE WITH YOU.
AND IF I CAN LEAVE YOU WITH ONE
FACT FROM ME, WE'RE SPENDING
THIS MONEY TO KEEP PRISONERS
INCARCERATED YOU CAN PUT A
INMATE THROUGH A PROGRAM LIKE I
WENT THROUGH, THEY BECOME A
PRODUCTIVE PART OF SOCIETY, THEY
PAY TAXES CRIME RATE GOES DOWN,
WE BREAK CYCLE OF SINGLE PARENT
HOMES.
AND THIS IS IMPACTFUL.
KENNEDY: TYRONE THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> I AM EXCITED ABOUT IT.